Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Truce with the Pentagon

It now looks as if the
next time the U.S. invades some place like Grenada, there will be
reporters and photographers along. A panel of military officers and
former journalists, headed by retired Army Major General Winant Sidle, has
been wrestling with the issue. All the participants seem to recognize
that the Reagan Administration's two-day news blackout during the
invasion last October was not healthy for the military, the press or
the country.

The difficulties of defining the rules for combat coverage are real. The
networks, newspapers, wire services and newsmagazines were willing to
testify before  but not to...